Author: Peet Nourjian

Christian Mingle, Jewish Singles
Hindu Harmony, Muslim Match
Finding someone with your beliefs
Seems okay, but there’s just one catch

Faith is key to all religions
Sacred guidance from above
So shouldn’t it be God who helps you
And not your email: You’ve got love

Our memories of segregation
Should be enough to set us straight
When people exclude other people
It sparks resentment, fear and hate

So exit those computer sites
With romance data aimed at you
Get out into the open air
And fall in love without a clue

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Confucius say, “How far you’ve sunk
Your country filled with Chinese junk”
We should have guessed their strategy
When we first learned that MSG
Was added to the Crab Rangoon
To make sure we’d go back there soon

Our hunger spread beyond cuisines
To sneakers, blenders and flat-screens
Toys and toothpaste joined the list
At prices no one could resist

You’d think that China’s goals were met
Once they secured our nation’s debt
But like a meal of wontons fried
Their appetite’s not satisfied

Now they’re hacking our computers
Beijing sanctioning these looters
It’s time consumers turn the tables
Boycott goods with Chinese labels!

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Way back in 1929
It wasn’t odd to see a line
Of men in hats with brims down low
Collars up so folks won’t know

They needed work, out on the street
Some even had to beg to eat
And now depression’s back again
The hats have changed, so have the men

Instead of wearing down their shoes
Most drive to their job interviews
Sad faces behind windshield glass
They blend in with the working class

The highway lets them still belong
While cruising to an Eagles song
Now even that joy might be lost
As drivers struggle with the cost

Of filling tanks with gasoline
Those unemployed may soon be seen
Behind the wheel parked at the curb
Running on empty, do not disturb

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